I’ve previously dubbed Jonathan Gruber as “Society’s Spokesman.” I’m now also conferring on the MIT professor and architect of ObamaCare the title Hero of the Republic. The reason is back in 2012 he stated that ObamaCare only permitted premium subsidies to go to state exchanges. (The relevant part starts at about 31:24):

And here is the quote:

What’s important to remember politically about this is if you’re a state and you don’t set up an exchange, that means your citizens don’t get their tax credits—but your citizens still pay the taxes that support this bill. So you’re essentially saying [to] your citizens you’re going to pay all the taxes to help all the other states in the country. I hope that that’s a blatant enough political reality that states will get their act together and realize there are billions of dollars at stake here in setting up these exchanges. But, you know, once again the politics can get ugly around this. [Italics added.]